December 14, 2020
01 Top Story China sets world rare earth standards
02 ATF TV Future of China firms listed in the US
Roger Scott, Head Options Trader and Co-Founder of WealthPress talks to ATF TV about what the future may hold for US-listed Chinese companies.
03 Asia Markets
Nikkei 225 climbs 0.3% to 26,732.44; Hang Seng Index falls 0.4% to 26,389.52; CSI300 advances 0.7% to 3,369.12.
04 Japan confidence up
Analysts expect the world's third-largest economy to rebound relatively swiftly from the dislocation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, although services continue to languish.
05 Tencent, Alibaba fined
Internet giants hit for not reporting deals that breached the 2008 anti-monopoly law to regulators, who say they will now face far greater oversight; shares of both groups fell.
06 House prices slow
Market-cooling steps take hold, data analyses show, a day before data expected to offer barometer of economic activity.
07 Comment
"I'm afraid we're still very far apart on some key things, but where there's life there's hope."
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson after it was decided to extend Brexit talks
08 The ATF Big Picture
The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccines are built on experimental mRNA technology, which works differently to traditional vaccines.
